Report issued last week by the Manufacturers Association showed that Israeli exports to Arab countries rose in 2004 by 48% to $180 million

The first cruise vessel to visit Eilat, in four years, docked last week. "The Albatross", with 700 mostly German tourists and a crew of 300, anchored in Eilat last Sunday. The ship sailed from Spain, and arrived in Eilat after stops in Tripoli, Libya, Por

Minister of Industry deputy-premier Ehud Olmert signed an upgraded trade agreement with the Jordanian Minister of Industry and Trade Ahmad Hindawi

Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor Ehud Olmert said last week that the new qualified industrial zone (QIZ) agreement signed in Cairo between the US, Israel and Egypt "creates a basis for stable relations between Israel and Egypt. It will weather diplo

Jordanian trade via the port of Haifa doubled in 2004. In a press release issued last week Haifa port management emphasized that during 2004 the port experienced 51% increase in motor vehicles moving through the port, from 3,101 in 2003 to 4,692 in 2004

Almost a year after the EU absorbed 10 new members, the Union endorsed at the beginning of December the "European Neighborhood" accords with seven of its neighbors.

Export Institute director General Yechiel Assia said last week that Israeli exports to Iraq totaled $3 million in January-September 2004, mostly consumer goods and defense products for the US military.

Mr.Shmuel Hollander the Civil Service Commissioner visited recently the Jordan River Border Crossing to have a close view of the Customs Authority demand to increase the number of customs officers at the busy border.